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		<title><![CDATA[Review: Data and Doctor Doom ★★★★★]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dr Hibbett - he of the eponymous and well-regarded Hibbert Method - has taken the &#34;Sing Your Thesis&#34; concept to a brand new level.  Who is Doctor Doom? I have only a passing interest in the increasingly convoluted Marvel Cinematic Universe, so I walked into this new comedy show with no idea. I assumed a baddie of some sort?  I left with, if not a university education on the subject, then a…]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr Hibbett - he of the eponymous and well-regarded <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110754483-005">Hibbert Method</a> - has taken the "Sing Your Thesis" concept to a brand new level.</p>

<p>Who is Doctor Doom? I have only a passing interest in the increasingly convoluted Marvel Cinematic Universe, so I walked into this new comedy show with no idea. I assumed a baddie of some sort?</p>

<p>I left with, if not a university education on the subject, then a healthy appreciation for the character, the tropes he embodies, and what makes him <em>Him</em>.  Hibbett's PhD (<a href="https://amzn.to/41oEjz9">available in all good shops now</a>) is about "Transmedia Characters"; those who appear in various media and yet are still recognisable.</p>

<p>For example, is the Buffy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer the movie the same Buffy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer the TV show? Or even Buffy the Video Game or audiobook? Different actors, different directors, different hairstyles, but somehow always ineffably <em>Her</em>. Hibbert, naturally, conveys his methodology via the medium of PowerPoint and acoustic guitar.</p>

<p>He's sort of like if Billy Bragg was more interested in pulp comic books than radical socialism. The songs are delightful and silly - it takes real skill to compressing some dense academic work into a series of toe-tapping comic songs.</p>

<p>Even better, all of Hibbett's <a href="https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.6140805.v2">data from his research is available as Open Access</a> if you would like to check it for errors in multiverse continuity.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/doom/">The show is touring round the UK</a> - catch it if you can.</p>

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		<title><![CDATA[Someone turned my game into a comic!]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello readers!  Way back in 2015, I wrote a &#34;Choose Your Own Adventure&#34; game using Twitter.  I think it is fair to say that it is the best computer game I&#039;ve ever published. And probably the only time I&#039;ll ever be reviewed in The Guardian and Kotaku!  Anyway, a year ago I was contacted by an art student.  They wanted to adapt my game into a comic for their art class. How could I refuse?  This…]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello readers!  Way back in 2015, I <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/01/writing-a-choose-your-own-adventure-story-on-twitter/">wrote a "Choose Your Own Adventure" game using Twitter</a>.</p>

<p>I think it is fair to say that it is the <em>best</em> computer game I've ever published. And probably the only time I'll ever be <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/14/choose-your-own-adventure-twitter-game-review-call-of-duty">reviewed in The Guardian</a> and <a href="https://kotaku.com/a-scary-choose-your-own-adventure-now-playable-on-tw-1679327063">Kotaku</a>!</p>

<p>Anyway, a year ago I was contacted by an art student.  They wanted to adapt my game into a comic for their art class. How could I refuse?</p>

<p>This beautifully styled, monochrome pages were the result:</p>

<img src="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/wnd-comic-1.jpeg" alt="Highly stylised comic in black and white, the text is in Hebrew." width="679" height="560" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-43782">

<img src="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/wnd-comic-2.jpeg" alt="The pages of the comic have instructions for which page to turn to." width="680" height="510" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-43781">

<p>They also provided me with a rendering with the text in English:</p>

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<p>Isn't it <em>gorgeous!</em></p>

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<p>I'm overjoyed that someone turned my daft little game into a work of art. Now all I need to do is find a way to print it in the quality it deserves.</p>

<p>Huge thanks to "<a href="https://www.instagram.com/flypoart/">flyingpotato</a>" (yes, that's how they want to be credited!) for creating something so distinctive and delectable.</p>
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